Humana Festival commands center stage

5:50 PM,
Feb. 22, 2013

Farmland, Stampede, Texas

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Right now, the action is largely behind the scenes - actors and directors in rehearsal halls, crews building set pieces in warehouses and costume designers working to outfit the players who will be onstage in five full-length plays when the curtain goes up on the 37th Humana Festival of New American Plays Wednesday.

In the American theater - which has seen a proliferation of playwriting programs at universities as well as a host of theaters establishing new-play development projects accompanied by public readings and other events - this festival is the premier event for new work.